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kmod: correct documentation of return status of request_module

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If request_module() successfully runs modprobe, but modprobe exits with a
non-zero status, then the return value from request_module() will be that
(positive) error status.  So the return from request_module can be:

 negative errno
 zero for success
 positive exit code.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Cc: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.de>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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NeilBrown 2015-09-09 15:38:10 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -114,10 +114,11 @@ out:
* @...: arguments as specified in the format string
*
* Load a module using the user mode module loader. The function returns
* zero on success or a negative errno code on failure. Note that a
* successful module load does not mean the module did not then unload
* and exit on an error of its own. Callers must check that the service
* they requested is now available not blindly invoke it.
* zero on success or a negative errno code or positive exit code from
* "modprobe" on failure. Note that a successful module load does not mean
* the module did not then unload and exit on an error of its own. Callers
* must check that the service they requested is now available not blindly
* invoke it.
*
* If module auto-loading support is disabled then this function
* becomes a no-operation.